Magnolia

Name: Magnolia
Duration: 3 h 8 min

3hr 8m

An epic mosaic of interrelated characters search for love, forgiveness and meaning in the San Fernando Valley. More Details »

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Paul Thomas Anderson

Producer:

JoAnne Sellar

Release Date:

Dec 17, 1999

Runtime:

3hr 8m

Synopsis

An epic mosaic of interrelated characters search for love, forgiveness and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.

Cast

Pat Healy
Genevieve Zweig
Mark Flanagan
Neil Flynn
Rod McLachlan
Allan Graf
Tom Cruise
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Jason Robards
Julianne Moore

Letterboxd User Reviews

4.2

RATINGS 28.0K FANS

4.2

Amazed I NEVER knew about the frog thing. Like that was never spoiled for me. That was an amazing twist. Can you even call it a twist? Is this how people felt when Darth Vader said that thing? That was such a 2020 thing to happen. I screamed "FROGS???" to an empty room.

11.0K Likes

Karsten

Film students and critics love to make a big deal about the "showy" moments in this movie. They go on about the long takes, the prologue, the hidden 82s, the narration, the sing-a-long and the frogs. It's kind of hard not to. And with an epic run-time of 188 minutes, there…

10.1K Likes

Craig Duffy

Dec 4, 2014

Quite possibly the quickest 3 hours ever. An all around mesmerizing film from beginning till end. I am also truly shocked at how good John C. Reilly was. THE SOUNDTRACK IS AMAZING!

6.7K Likes

Evan
Jan 24, 2018

one of those movies where every time a new song comes on it triggers such a high that i think to myself "that's my favorite song in the whole world"

4.2K Likes

karen h.

Nov 14, 2019

so are we gonna talk about the frogs or

4.1K Likes

˗ˏˋ suspirliam ˊˎ˗

Mar 18, 2020

it's 🐸 raining 🐸 frogs, 🐸 hallelujah 🐸

3.7K Likes

maria
Sep 5, 2025

I watched and I watched and I watched this movie when it was first released. Twice in theaters, rented three times, bought on DVD, wore it out. Gave my girlfriend the soundtrack for Christmas. Made my mom sit through it. Proselytized to wide annoyance. It was one of my…

3.5K Likes

Sean Fennessey

Jan 28, 2019

you know it’s a good movie when it’s three hours long but you don’t get bored

3.3K Likes

sophie

Sep 15, 2025

I was told "You'll never in a million years guess how this movie ends" but actually it was very easy to predict

2.5K Likes

James (Schaffrillas)

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Emma loved

Magnolia

I think this is a masterpiece of a movie maybe the perfect movie everything a movie should be really moved me kept me entertained and a little confused about stuff which I love to be a little confused that’s great

4 🔥 1 2M

Maggie Wiedner loved

Magnolia

this was so sad, but I loved it. reminded me of requiem for a dream where you’re put into the shoes of a bunch of suffering characters. great soundtrack too (Aimee Mann is so incredible).

2 🔥 1 3Y

Christian Lilly loved

Magnolia

I can’t exactly explain why but this movie is absolutely riveting. I could not stop watching even though it’s 3 hours of different stories that don’t even necessarily have anything to do with eachother. The individual scenes, the performances, and the themes just pack such a punch. And the way…

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Jimmy Cricket loved

Magnolia

A beautiful story about the complexity of the human experience and forgiveness. What a painful watch because of how compassionate it is and the empathy/understanding it looks for in the characters. Everyone’s at the top of their game and PTA’s craft is unrestrained and masterful.

🔥 1 1Y

Jacob Hall loved

Magnolia

possibly may have found my new favorite movie ever. im an atheist, but im still a history buff, so the Book of Exodus theme in this movie made me so excited. Tom Cruise was essentially Andrew Tate in this movie and William Macy was just William Macy. 10/10

🔥 1 3Y

Reyham liked

Magnolia

very long yet close look of some of the most miserable people going through the most. Amazing how the film tells intimate stories of multiple characters while also being a larger story as a whole. Tom cruise really outdid himself in his role

🔥 1 2Y
Ellis loved

Magnolia

Movies that kick you when you’re down for reals. I need to watch again stuff was happening so fast sometimes. Also idk about the Bible so idk what all that exodus stuff means. Gotta find out about that.

🔥 1 7M

Mason loved

Magnolia

This is one of the greatest movies of all time! Paul Thomas Anderson just does it right! I would say if you want something super crazy but also not that hard to follow you should watch this movie. This is my second favorite movie from PTA. My first favorite is There Will Be Blood

4Y

Nick Dubberly liked

Magnolia

I saw this way back in 2000, but I don’t think my young mind could really comprehend what was going on. There are some truly amazing performances here, specifically by Tom Cruise! He should have won the Oscar that year! Paul Thomas Anderson knows how to write and direct a film!

1Y